How Long to Read The Deserts of Bohemia

How Long Does it Take to Read The Deserts of Bohemia?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read The Deserts of Bohemia by Peter Steiner

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Czech fiction in the twentieth century has been deeply enmeshed in the nation's political life and often serves as a conduit for its authors' social ideas. Through a series of brilliant and powerful readings of major Czech texts in both literature and history, Peter Steiner challenges the view that literary works can be treated as aesthetically distinct from historical events. Instead, he gives evidence again and again of the inevitable connection between literature and politics. Steiner engages six central works ranging from novels to government documents; all, in his view, purvey ideological fictions that have exerted significant social influence. He begins with Jaroslav Hasek's 1920s novel The Good Soldier Svejk, whose anti-authoritarian protagonist was widely emulated during the Nazi and Communist regimes, and ends with Václav Havel's play The Beggar's Opera, through which Steiner explores the social role of Czech writing in the 1970s. He also considers Reportage, by Julius Fucík, which announces itself as a documentary of the Communist Party's heroic struggle against the Germans, but is, for Steiner, a fiction arising out of Marxist-Leninist ideology; Karel Capek's Apocryphal Stories; Milan Kundera's novel The Joke; and the 1952 show trial of Rudolf Slánský, the general secretary of the Communist Party.

How long is The Deserts of Bohemia?

The Deserts of Bohemia by Peter Steiner is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Deserts of Bohemia Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read The Deserts of Bohemia aloud.

What Reading Level is The Deserts of Bohemia?

The Deserts of Bohemia is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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